Did Nintendo just Dreamcast the PSP2?

[Mr Khan]

jarrod said:

joeorc said:

even if they launch first many of the game's will go multi-platform unless you pay, or help with production or buy the developer. something Nintendo does not do that often, help with development maybe..but payout's most likey no.

even if they get the jump on both the xbox3 or playstation 4 they will get timed exclusives. pretty much what Microsoft and Sony got this generation. because no single platform is not worth the rest of the market without incentive.

which it's going to upto Nintendo to poney up the incentive what ever that may be.

Again, it depends entirely on how the market plays out.  If Wii2 manages an early PS2-like huge lead, Nintendo will get a ton of defacto exclusive content (like PS2 did).  If the market simply fractures like PS3/360, we'll see 99% multiplatform R&D (again, like PS360).

3DS is basically taking a PS2-like approach, I expect Wii2 will as well.  It might work out, it might not, but I think that's very much the direction we're headed...

Also its a matter of momentum. If Wii2 has the momentum, then multiplatform games for that console might as well be exclusive. Much like how the PS2 version was really the only version worth considering last gen, or how the 360 version is really the flagship for most big multiplats this gen.

 

Act early enough, and it won't matter that it's a multiplat. In terms of hardware sales, it'll benefit them first.